The RadioPhilharmonic Orchestra conducted by Markus Stenz, the women of the NetherlandsRadioChoir, The NationalChildren's Choir and alto TamaraMumford perform Mahler's 'Symphony No. 3' on December 23th 2017 in TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht.
Mahler’s ‘Symphony No. 3’ is an ode to nature’s beauty. For Mahler, it goes further than babbling brooks and fluttering butterflies - nature’s filled with terrifying primal forces, that get calmed by an alto, women choir and boy’s choir. ‘My Third Symphony is something the world has never heard before! All of nature gets a voice and tells deep secrets - men might find themselves in a dream.’
Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Markus Stenz
The women of the Netherlands Radio Choir
The National Children's Choir
Tamara Mumford [alto]
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Gustav Mahler

Gustav Mahler (7 July 1860– 18 May 1911) was an Austrian late-Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th century Austro-German tradition and the modernism of the early 20th century. While in his lifetime his status as a conductor was established beyond question, his own music gained wide popularity only after periods of relative neglect which included a ban on its performance in much of Europe during the Nazi era. After 1945 his compositions were rediscovered and championed by a new generation of listeners; Mahler then became one of the most frequently performed and recorded of all composers, a position he has sustained into the 21st century.

Born in humble circumstances, Mahler displayed his musical gifts at an early age. After graduating from the Vienna Conservatory in 1878, he held a succession of conducting posts of rising importance in the opera houses of Europe, culminating in his appointment in 1897 as director of the Vienna Court Opera (Hofoper). During his ten years in Vienna, Mahler—who had converted to Catholicism to secure the post—experienced regular opposition and hostility from the anti-Semitic press. Nevertheless, his innovative productions and insistence on the highest performance standards ensured his reputation as one of the greatest of opera conductors, particularly as an interpreter of the stage works of Wagner, Mozart, and Tchaikovsky . Late in his life he was briefly director of New York's Metropolitan Opera and the New York Philharmonic.

Symphony No. 2 (Penderecki)

Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki wrote his Symphony No. 2 during the winter of 1979–80. Sometimes referred to as the "Christmas Symphony" (quotations of the Christmas carol "Silent Night" occur repeatedly throughout the symphony), neither the score nor the parts (Schott Music, Mainz 45 791) make any reference to this moniker.

Structure

The symphony, lasting 30–35 minutes, is in one movement employing a modified sonata form. Sectons are marked: Moderato, Allegretto, Lento, Tempo I and Allegretto.

Analysis

The harmonic idiom of the symphony is unabashedly tonal and romantic, akin to that of Bruckner, and was seen by many at the time of the symphony's completion as a betrayal to the prevailing avant-garde style, to which Penderecki himself had previously contributed significantly (as demonstrated in his Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima). However, this reversion to a romantic style had already been hinted at in his St. Luke Passion and Violin Concerto No. 1 of a few years earlier. This change in style was to become permanent, and his music since has been coined as neo-romantic in style.. There are audible allusions in the first Allegretto to Suk's Asrael Symphony and in the Lento to Shostakovich.

Andrés Orozco-Estrada

Andrés Orozco-Estrada (born December 14, 1977) is a Colombian violinist and conductor. Born in Medellín, Colombia, he had musical instruction at the Instituto Musical Diego Echavarria (IMDE) as a youth, and began to play violin there. He started to take conducting classes in 1992. In 1997, he began additional conducting studies at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst, Wien, where his teachers included Uroš Lajovic.

In June 2004, he first conducted the Tonkünstler Orchestra at a Vienna Festwochen concert, as an emergency substitute conductor. This appearance led to his appointment as assistant conductor of the orchestra, a post he held for two years. Orozco-Estrada became principal conductor of the Tonkünstler Orchestra with the 2009-2010 season, with an initial contract for three years. His current contract with the Tonkünstler Orchestra is through the 2014-2015 season, at which time he is scheduled to conclude his tenure.

From 2005 to 2009, Orozco-Estrada was principal conductor of the ensemble recreation - Großes Orchester Graz. He was music director of Oper Klosterneuburg from 2005 to 2007.

The RadioPhilharmonic Orchestra conducted by Markus Stenz, the women of the NetherlandsRadioChoir, The NationalChildren's Choir and alto TamaraMumford perform Mahler's 'Symphony No. 3' on December 23th 2017 in TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht.
Mahler’s ‘Symphony No. 3’ is an ode to nature’s beauty. For Mahler, it goes further than babbling brooks and fluttering butterflies - nature’s filled with terrifying primal forces, that get calmed by an alto, women choir and boy’s choir. ‘My Third Symphony is something the world has never heard before! All of nature gets a voice and tells deep secrets - men might find themselves in a dream.’
Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Markus Stenz
The women of the Netherlands Radio Choir
The National Children's Choir
Tamara Mumford [alto]
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The RadioPhilharmonic Orchestra conducted by Markus Stenz, the women of the NetherlandsRadioChoir, The NationalChildren's Choir and alto TamaraMumford perform Mahler's 'Symphony No. 3' on December 23th 2017 in TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht.
Mahler’s ‘Symphony No. 3’ is an ode to nature’s beauty. For Mahler, it goes further than babbling brooks and fluttering butterflies - nature’s filled with terrifying primal forces, that get calmed by an alto, women choir and boy’s choir. ‘My Third Symphony is something the world has never heard before! All of nature gets a voice and tells deep secrets - men might find themselves in a dream.’
Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Markus Stenz
The women of the Netherlands Radio Choir
The National Children's Choir
Tamara Mumford [alto]
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The RadioPhilharmonic Orchestra conducted by Markus Stenz, the women of the NetherlandsRadioChoir, The NationalChildren's Choir and alto TamaraMumford perform Mahler's 'Symphony No. 3' on December 23th 2017 in TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht.
Mahler’s ‘Symphony No. 3’ is an ode to nature’s beauty. For Mahler, it goes further than babbling brooks and fluttering butterflies - nature’s filled with terrifying primal forces, that get calmed by an alto, women choir and boy’s choir. ‘My Third Symphony is something the world has never heard before! All of nature gets a voice and tells deep secrets - men might find themselves in a dream.’
Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Markus Stenz
The women of the Netherlands Radio Choir
The National Children's Choir
Tamara Mumford [alto]
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The RadioPhilharmonic Orchestra conducted by Markus Stenz, the women of the NetherlandsRadioChoir, The NationalChildren's Choir and alto TamaraMumford perform Mahler's 'Symphony No. 3' on December 23th 2017 in TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht.
Mahler’s ‘Symphony No. 3’ is an ode to nature’s beauty. For Mahler, it goes further than babbling brooks and fluttering butterflies - nature’s filled with terrifying primal forces, that get calmed by an alto, women choir and boy’s choir. ‘My Third Symphony is something the world has never heard before! All of nature gets a voice and tells deep secrets - men might find themselves in a dream.’
Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Markus Stenz
The women of the Netherlands Radio Choir
The National Children's Choir
Tamara Mumford [alto]
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Gustav Mahler

Gustav Mahler (7 July 1860– 18 May 1911) was an Austrian late-Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th century Austro-German tradition and the modernism of the early 20th century. While in his lifetime his status as a conductor was established beyond question, his own music gained wide popularity only after periods of relative neglect which included a ban on its performance in much of Europe during the Nazi era. After 1945 his compositions were rediscovered and championed by a new generation of listeners; Mahler then became one of the most frequently performed and recorded of all composers, a position he has sustained into the 21st century.

Born in humble circumstances, Mahler displayed his musical gifts at an early age. After graduating from the Vienna Conservatory in 1878, he held a succession of conducting posts of rising importance in the opera houses of Europe, culminating in his appointment in 1897 as director of the Vienna Court Opera (Hofoper). During his ten years in Vienna, Mahler—who had converted to Catholicism to secure the post—experienced regular opposition and hostility from the anti-Semitic press. Nevertheless, his innovative productions and insistence on the highest performance standards ensured his reputation as one of the greatest of opera conductors, particularly as an interpreter of the stage works of Wagner, Mozart, and Tchaikovsky . Late in his life he was briefly director of New York's Metropolitan Opera and the New York Philharmonic.